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"He gets his first leave when he's eighteen.""You told him it would be when he was twelve.""We changed the rules.""Why should I help you!""Don't help me. Help Ender. What does it matter if that helps us, too?""What kind of terrible things are you doing to him up there?"Graff chuckled. "Valentine, my dear little girl, the terrible things are only about to begin."***Ender was four lines into the letter before he realized that it wasn't from one of the other soldiers in the BattleSchool. It had come in the regular way -- a MAIL WAlTING message when he signed into his desk. He readfour lines into it, then skipped to the end and read the signature. Then he went back to the beginning, and curledup on his bed to read the words over and over again.ENDER,THE BASTARDS WOULDN'T PUT ANY OF MY LETTERS THROUGH TILL NOW. I MUST HAVEWRITTEN A HUNDRED TIMES BUT YOU MUST HAVE THOUGHT I NEVER DID. WELL, I DID. IHAVEN'T FORGOTTEN YOU. I REMEMBER YOUR BIRTHDAY. I REMEMBER EVERYTHING. SOMEPEOPLE MIGHT THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE BEING A SOLDIER YOU ARE NOW A CRUEL ANDHARD PERSON WHO LIKES TO HURT PEOPLE, LIKE THE MARINES IN THE VIDEOS, BUT I KNOWTHAT ISN'T TRUE. YOU ARE NOTHING LIKE YOU-KNOW-WHO. HE'S NICER-SEEMING BUT HE'SSTILL A SLUMBITCH INSIDE. MAYBE YOU SEEM MEAN, BUT IT WON'T FOOL ME. STILL第 160 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网